Translation of the Old Man 15

The old man on the circle (yi), bridge, "Historical Records: Liuhou Family": "Liang tasted leisure and calmly walked on the pi Yuan, there was an old father, brown clothes, to a good place, fell straight under his tracks, Gu Liang said: 'Son, take the shoes!

is good and wants to beat it; For its old age, Xinjiang endures, and takes the shoes. The Father said, 'Serve me.'"

Good karma is to take the performance, because the long kneel to perform it. The Father took it with a smile and walked away. Liangshu was shocked and followed by his eyes.

The father went to the inner house and returned it, saying, 'The son can be taught!' After five days, I will be here.

The good cause was strange, and he knelt down and said, 'No.' ’”

Interpretation: Zhang Liang was idle, so he went to the bridge in Xiapi for a walk. There was an old man, wearing a coarse cloth short coat, walked to the place where Zhang Liang was standing, deliberately threw his shoes under the bridge, looked at Zhang Liang and said:

Go down and get your shoes, lad! Zhang Liang was surprised and annoyed and wanted to beat him; But seeing that he was old, he resisted his anger, and went down the bridge, and brought up his shoes. The old man said

Put it on for me! Zhang Liang thought to himself, since he had already taken his shoes, he would wear them, so he knelt down and put them on for him. The old man stretched out his foot, asked Zhang Liang to put on his shoes, and left with a smile.

Zhang Liang was very surprised, so he stared at him with his eyes. He went about a mile away, and came back and said, "Young people can be educated!"

Five days later, in the early morning, you are here to meet with me. Zhang Liang felt very strange, so he knelt down and said, "Okay."

After several tests, the old man finally gave Zhang Liang a copy of "The Art of War" and told him: "Reading this is the king's teacher." That is to say: after reading this book, you can become the emperor's military advisor. and introduced himself as Huang Shigong.

Zhang Liang once calmly walked to the lower billet bridge in his spare time. There was an old man, dressed in coarse cloth, walked up to Zhang Liang and threw one of his shoes directly under the bridge.

Zhang Liang was very surprised and wanted to beat him, but because he was very old, he forcibly endured (anger) and went down to retrieve his shoes. The old man said, "Put it on me!"

Zhang Liang thought that since he had retrieved the shoes for him, why bother, so he knelt down to put them on for the old man. The old man stretched out his foot for him to put on his shoes and left with a smile. Zhang Liang was amazed, staring at the old man's figure.

The old man had left about a mile, turned back, and said, "You little boy can teach." Five days later, at dawn, meet me here.

Zhang Liang was surprised, knelt down and said, "Okay." As soon as it was dawn on the fifth day, Zhang Liang went.

The old man had already arrived first, and said angrily, "Why did you meet the old man and come later?" The old man left and said roll Ming:

See you early in five days! Five days later, as soon as the rooster crowed, Zhang Liang went, and the old man arrived first, and then he was angry and said, "Why is it so late?"

When the old man left, he said, "Come early in five days." Five days later, Zhang Liang went before midnight at night.

After a while, the old man also arrived, and said with a smile, "It should be like this." The old man said, took out a book, and said:

Reading this book can be a teacher of the emperor. In the next ten years, you will build a career, and in thirteen years you will see me in Jibei, and the Huangshi under Gucheng Mountain will be me. And then he left, and never said anything else, and never reappeared.

The next day (Zhang Liang) read the book, which turned out to be "The Art of War". Zhang Liang was amazed and often recited it repeatedly.

The explanation of the old man on the circle refers to the old father on the wall who gave Zhang Liang the "Taigong Soldier State Hand and Pants Law" at the end of the Qin. See "Historical Records: Liuhou Family". Song Su Shi "On Staying in the Marquis":

The ovary is not for the strategy of Yi Yin and Taigong, but especially out of the plan of Jing Ke and Nie Zheng, and is lucky not to die. Also known as " 圯下老 ". Song Su Shi "He Zhishi Zhang Lang Zhong Chun Day":

Kneeling from the old under the wall, Yishu asked Jinan Sheng. ”

The word decomposition is explained on the bridge. "Historical Records: The Family of the Marquis" contains: Zhang Liang tasted the defeat of the potato calmly, walked on the pi wall, met an old father, and was subject to the "Taigong Art of War".

Later, because of the use of "圯上" to refer to Zhang Liangfan, he was simply subject to the "Taigong Art of War". Southern Dynasty Song Fu Liang "Cultivating Zhang Liang Temple for the Song Dynasty": "On the Jiaoshen Circle, the Dao Deed Shang Luo Explanation of the Elderly Older or Older People Elderly Parents or Grandparents Explain in detail.

Senior citizen. "Zuo Chuan: The Fifteenth Year of Xuan Gong": "And the battle of the Fu family, I saw the old man knotting grass to overdo it.

Historical Records: Biography of the Officials": "The son died in the twenty-sixth year of Zheng Zheng's reign, Ding Zhuang.

Respecting the shoes, the bridge is the meaning of the bridge, and the shoes are shoes, which tells the story of Zhang Liang's apprenticeship, which translates into respecting the old man on the bridge and helping him pick up shoes. There is no way to translate literally, it has to be translated according to the story.